embellished letters

GUEST PEACE: DIY Nursery Letters

| mel@apeaceofcreativity.com

When I found out I was pregnant with our little girl I was so excited to create her nursery. My husband and I have been married for almost 9 years so we had waited a long time to start a family. Needless to say, my Pinterest baby board was chockablock with fun crafty ideas.

I was inspired by some decorative letters I saw on Pinterest and I decided to replicate them adding my own flare. I didn’t want to make anything that would age too quickly so I avoided child-like designs. I really love the beautiful floral clothes from Anthropologie so I thought that if I could find some paper inspired by my wardrobe I could share with Indie a little bit of myself. There was, of course, only one place to look… Paper Source!

I love contrasting different patterns and textures in my clothing and I found these papers that captured exactly that. I spent an obscene amount of money on them but it was well worth it.

I bought the wooden letters from Michael’s craft store and was able to use their online coupons to reduce the price.

I drew around all the letters and cut them out which took forever. I used a regular glue stick to attach them and the good thing was, when I didn’t get the alignment right, the paper would peel right off without ruining.

My husband nailed them to the wall in the nursery. We didn’t go all the way around the room because I wanted to leave space for the canopy that I wanted to hang over the crib.

I am really happy with how they turned out, they go beautifully with the rest of the aesthetic. It was a lot of work but I am glad I took the time to do it. Indie will be saying her ABC’s in no time!

Samantha is from England but has been in the us for 9 years. She is a new mummy to her daughter Indie who was born in December, 2016. She has been an amateur knitter most of her life after her grandmother taught her at an early age. She loves crafting but struggles to complete projects. Samantha loves making gifts for friend’s kids and any time she completes a project she is very happy. She says that the best part about crafting is the relaxation it provides so she never takes any project too seriously.

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Embellished Letters Part 2

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A good friend has been searching for art ideas for her home and after the Keira letters, I couldn’t wait to try another set. The biggest challenge in this project was choosing a style that was refined and contemporary for their home, which was a lot harder than letters for a little girl’s nursery.

The walls in their house are grey and I thought the black letters would give a nice contrast. I was lucky to find this set of scrapbook paper with mellow geometric prints in a neutral and grey color palette.

 After tracing and cutting out the letters in scrapbook paper, I used spray adhesive to affix them to the front of the wood letters.

  One thing I really liked about these particular letters were that they stood up on their own. This gives my friend some flexibility in where she can put them in her home.

  Since the letters were already black, it allowed me to save time from not having to paint them and accented their depth.

  With all of the fronts of the letters on, it was time to add some decoration. I picked up some paper daisies, pearls, white twine, and metal-like embellishments and the stickers came with the scrapbook paper set.  Using craft supplies by Handmade Modern from Target, I painted the wood shapes gold and added some daisies and stickers.

 For me, this project was all about simple elegance.  I wanted it to look crafty but not kitschy, modern but not cold.  Honestly, it was not easy to find coordinating pieces to meet this vision, but knowing my friend and her style definitely helped.  The daisies instantly reminded me of her and I based my decor around them.   

  
  

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Embellished Letters

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I am an auntie again!  My adorable little niece is a week and a couple days old and to celebrate this new life, I wanted to share something my mother in law, Vicki, and I made for her.

Vicki told me that she got some letters from the craft store and would love my help in thinking of ways to decorate them for the nursery.
In brainstorming this process, I knew that I wanted multiple textures in order to keep the letters interesting and to give it a really custom and handmade feel.  After a very successful shopping trip, we picked up yarn, tulle, embossed scrapbook paper, glitter, adhesive pearls and chiffon flowers.

To cover the letters in scrapbook paper, trace a flipped over letter on the back of the paper.  After cutting it out, we used spray adhesive to affix it to the letter.  In a matter of minutes, it was dry.

Spray adhesive was also used to cover the “I” with glitter.  We used a couple coats of both just to make sure that there was an even cover of glitter.  Using white glitter on a white painted letter helped to disguise any holes, if there were any.Wrapping the letters in yarn and tulle was by far the hardest step.  I found that by wrapping in the long direction first, as pictured above, and then continuing to wrap in the short direction covered most of the gaps.  A glue gun also helped tremendously to keep the wraps in place as we went along.

Probably the most fun part of the process was embellishing each letter with the florals and pearls in a unique but cohesive way.

  
  

It was a challenge to mix so many different elements while sticking to one style.  One thing I try to do, is to pick one element that you really love and center your design around that.  The fabric flowers were one of the first things we found and our favorite.  Everything else we chose was based on those flowers.We can’t wait to see what they will look like up on the wall of the nursery.  I will have to post a photo when they are hung.

Stay tuned as I really want to try these letters again for a friend’s living room!

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